Gianluigi Donnarumma looked like he was trying to hold back the tears. Milan captain Leonardo Bonucci and back-up goalkeeper Marco Storari immediately sought him out at the full-time whistle; clearly the two of them felt their teammate needed some consoling. Wednesday's Coppa Italia final will probably go down as the worst night of Donnarumma's young career. Not only did Milan lose 4-0, a result Rino Gattuso considered "a lie," but in four second-half minutes Donnarumma made two costly mistakes...

For the fourth consecutive season, Juventus have won the Coppa Italia, defeating Milan 4-0 in a sublime show of strength.

In truth, this wasn't a Juventus side that controlled and dominated proceedings. Held at bay by a Milan side that played reasonably well for 56 minutes, the eventual errors committed by Gennaro Gattuso's young squad gifted Juve the chances they needed to win.

Juventus are masters at exploiting errors and making the most of opportunities handed to them, and they rarely allow the...

AC Milan suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat in the Coppa Italia final to Juventus in Rome on Wednesday night as they fell short of claiming silverware this season. Medhi Benatia scored twice either side of Douglas Costa strike while Nikola Kalinic put one into his own net late as the cup holders sealed a comprehensive win.

Positives

Milan looked compact, organised and a threat themselves in the opening 45 minutes, and that was followed by a bright start after the interval. Their lack of elite quality...